ORLANDO, Fla. – The Marquette University men’s and women’s track and field teams kicked off the 2017 outdoor season at the Black & Gold Challenge hosted by UCF on Friday.

John Krzyszkowski highlighted the day’s performances with a strong second-place finish in the javelin, recording a distance of 69.54 meters. Also competing on day one of the UCF Black & Gold Challenge was the men’s and women’s hammer throw and the women’s javelin.

In his first competition of the season, Krzyszkowski fell just shy of his personal-best and school-record mark of 72.23 meters, set last July. It also fell just short of Kevin Foster, who registered a toss of 72.09 meters to take the win despite scratching on four of his six attempts, while Krzyszkowski successfully made four throws for an average of 67.3 meters. His best throw came on his final attempt.